Surgical saddlette



. Jun 24, 1930. B. B. COURTNEY SURGICAL SADDLET'I'B Filed Nov. 22. 1929Patented June 24, 1930 meant BENJAMIN 13. COURTNEY, OF NEW ORLEAllS,LOUISIANA I SURGICAL snnnnnrrn Application filed November 22, .1929.Serial No. 409,124.

The present invention relates to improve ments in surgical saddlettes,and has for an object to provide a soft yielding surgical pile saddlettewith means to support it in place.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved saddlette forthe treatment of piles in which the construction is simple andinexpensive and the use thereof not irritable.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be morefullydescribed hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out inthe claim appended hereto.

. In the drawingsfwherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts through out the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary rear view of a patient wearing .the improvedsaddlette.

Figure 2 is a similar view from the front.

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan View of the improved device with the beltpartly open and the front straps separated from the belt.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side view, partly in section, of the improvedpad.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section therethrough, and

Figure 6 is a cross section taken on line 66 in Figure 4.

' Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1O designates a belt fromwhich depend a rear adjusting strap 11, and a pair of front adjustingstraps 12 and 13. These straps may be coupled to the belt, as by the useof a well-known form of garter fastening 1 whereby the straps may beremoved from the belt. The straps themselves may be adjusted as tolength like the ordinary suspenders.

A rear tape 15 s sewed or otherwise connected to the rear strap 11, anda front tape has its ends sewed or otherwise connected to the ends ofthe two front straps 12 and 13 which converge down from the belt. The

legs of the front tape are indicated at 16 and 17. The intermediateportion of the front tape is looped and'the free end of the rear tape 15is knotted, as at 18 in Figure tight around the waist.

that the soreness wlll be greatly relieved.

5, to the looped portion. After tying the knot the free terminal part 19of the rear tape is inserted within the looped portion and sewedthereto.

A wad'of loose cotton 2O is placed about the knot-18 and adjacentportions of the tapes and forms with the chamois envelope 21 a pad. Thechamois is cut in the form of an oval and stitched together at itslongitudinal free ends after being made to surround the body or wad ofcotton. The tapes emerge through the unsecured ends of the envelope.Thread may first be Wound about the cotton if desired to bind it to thetapes.

In use the pad made of cotton, cloth tape and chamois will provide asoft, yielding saddlette shaped to fit flush on the rectum, supportingthe piles within the rectum, thereby holding same in place andkeepingthem from protruding or becoming irrifated; also preventing bleeding anditching and giving immediate relief to the patient.

To apply simply push the piles well, into the rectum, then adjust thesaddlette pad to fit flush on the rectum and strap the belt It will benoted After being worn from three to siX days the device may be removed.as the piles Willbe greatly healed.

This supporter will be found not to cause the patient any inconvenienceor soreness Whatever, and the patient may go about his duties withoutany uneasiness. The supporter is to be worn on the outside of theunderclothing, and may be washed whenever necessary.

- The device may be made in either cotton I or soft rubber or othermaterials. 99

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claim.

What is claimed is A saddlette comprising a belt, a rear strapextending'down from the rear of the belt, a rear tape depending from therear strap, a pair of front straps connected With the belt to oppositesides of the front thereof and extending down in convergent relation, afront tape having its ends secured to the front straps and itsintermediate portion looped, the rear tape being knotted about thelooped portion and having a terminal part inserted Within the loopedportion and secured thereto, a Wad of cotton placed about the joinedportions of the tapes, and an oval envelope of chamois brought togetherabout the cotton wad and stitched to- 15 gether to form an elongated padtapering at both ends.

7 BENJAMIN B. COURTNEY.

